Snippet #2437560

Una broke through a line of bush and brush. Most people didn't hunt at night, though that was the best time to hunt, because of the dark. Una's cat-like eyes, however, allowed her to see in the dark. What she saw now--a young human man tied to a tree-- gave her reason to pause. She knew very little about humans, and wasn't sure whether he was a victim or a criminal or this was some sort of human right-of-passage. "Who are you?" she asked the man. "Why are you here, and do you require assistance?" She kept her cross bow loaded and half-ready, in case she needed to use it. She really hated to waste bolts on non-prey, but she wasn't sure it was wise to get close enough to dispatch him with her rapier. "I shall warn you, I am Gati, and my combat training, both military and street, exceeds that of most humans." It was only a partial lie, but this human did not need to know that she hadn't had formal Gati training since she was nine.